Trevor Lippman

About Trevor

Trevor assists clients in a wide array of personal and business legal disputes. Whether evaluating legal options prior to suit, litigating a multi-million-dollar inheritance dispute, pursuing a claim on behalf of a company for breach of contract, or defending a business against false or exaggerated claims, Trevor prides himself on zealously advocating for his clients’ interests while remaining empathetic and clearly communicating throughout the entire process. He understands that many of his clients have not been through the legal process and this can be a stressful and traumatic experience for them. Having grown up in a large family in rural Wisconsin before attending undergraduate college in Eau Claire, law school in Madison, and settling down in Milwaukee with his wife and young son, Trevor has a unique ability to relate to his clients regardless of where they live, what they do, and what circumstances they find themselves in. Trevor Assists Clients With · Fiduciary representation, including representing a trustee of a trust, power of attorney, or Personal Representative of an estate · Pursuing claims against a fiduciary who has taken wrongful action · Estate Litigation · Trust Litigation · Inheritance Litigation · Will and Trust Contests · Commercial Litigation · Commercial Construction Disputes · Commercial Landlord/Tenant Disputes Experience/Representative Client Work As a key member of the firm’s trust and inheritance litigation group, Trevor has assisted dozens of clients through difficult situations that often involve emotional family dynamics. Trevor is honored to defend legacies, whether of the client him or herself, or through a loved one after somebody has died. Trevor has assisted his clients in disputes involving estates that include the family home and multi-million dollar estates with complex and varied holdings. His work has included the following: · Defending a mother in her 80s who was grantor and trustee of her trust in a trust action pursued by her son making wrongful allegations against her. · Pursuing a civil claim on behalf of a client in his 90s against his child for his son wrongfully titling a property to a trust wherein the son was the beneficiary, as opposed to it being his client’s trust, as was promised. · Representing a trustee of a trust to uphold the terms of the trust and negotiating the resolution and final distribution of the trust with her brother, who was a beneficiary represented by an attorney. · Representing a beneficiary of a trust in pursuing relief and claims against a trustee. · Pursuing claims to have a trust, trust amendment, will, or will codicil declared void on the basis of lack of capacity or undue influence, particularly when elder financial abuse appears to have led to a drastic change to an estate plan. · Pursuing claims against a financial power of attorney or trustee for wrongful conversion of funds. · Representing an Estate through its Personal Representative in pursuing claims on behalf of a person who has died.

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Education

• University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
• University of Wisconsin–Madison

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Bar

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